Curation Exam 1

Museum Properties and Management Act of 1955

-SOI has power to preserve artifacts found on government property -gave NPS legal authority to acquire collections through various means -deaccession through transfer, conveyence, and destruction

National Environmental Policy Act or 1969 (NEPA)

-authority for managing the impacts of all federal actions on the human environment -considers the relationships between past cultures and their living descendants -section 101

Historic Sites Act of 1935

-established National Historic Landmarks program -federal policy to preserve historic places of significance -gave SOI power to secure collections -formalized NPS programs involved in slavage archaeology (jobs during Great Depression)

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA)

-expanded National Registar of Historic Places -established the State Historic Preservation Offices -sections 106 and 110

Curation of Federally Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections - 1990 (36 CRF 79)

-gov't wide regulations for federal archaeological collections required by NHPA, RSA, ARPA -established procedure and guidelines to manage and preserve collections -terms and conditions for federal agencies to include in contracts with nonfederal repositories -standards for determining federal repositories -guidelines for access, loans, and collections use

Preservation of American Antiquities (43 CFR 3)

-permittee must submit catalogue of collections and photographs -artifacts seized from looters must be taken care of by Secretary of Interior (SOI) -collections should be preserved in museums and accessible to the public

Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (AHPA)

-preservation of archaeological resources that are in danger of being destroyed -up to 1% of a federal budget could be used for preservation -SOI must work to determine ownership -regulations for curation

Antiquities Act of 1906

-protect archaeological sites from looting (fines and punishments) -permit process for archaeology -president can create national monuments -no specific curation laws BUT implies that curation should be thought of before submitting the permit

Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960

-save archaeological sites from destruction (dams, highways) -salvage archaeology programs -failed to address care and management of collections

Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA)

-strengthens permitting process -stricter fines and punishments for looting and archaeology without a permit -acknowledges federal ownership of artifacts from federal lands -permit application must include written permission for objects to be stored in a repository -third law giving SOI power over collections care

Gray Literature

archaeological reports created by archaeologists but not published through traditional means- very limited access

Research Value

increasing use of existing collections

Curation

managing and preserving collections according to museum and archival practices (36 CFR 79)

Archaeological Collections

material remains and associated records from archaeological expeditions

Provenience

specific geographic/spatial location where an object was found

Antiquarian vs Archaeologist

the integration of records with artifacts